DNS delegation of corporate-ir.com updated: Jun 19, 2013 9:58:59 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
corporate-ir.com.
.
(j,k,h,b,d,g,f,i,e,m,a,c,l).root-servers.net.
2
corporate-ir.com.
com.
(b,k,g,d,e,l,j,a,f,i,c,h,m).gtld-servers.net.
3
corporate-ir.com.
corporate-ir.com.
(ns1-30,use2,usw5,usw1,usc2,ns1-18).akam.net.
We pick j.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about corporate-ir.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask b.gtld-servers.net where we learn that corporate-ir.com is delegated to six name servers, including ns1-30.akam.net (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: